Synonyms of stuffed

stuffed 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

had never seen shelves so stuffed with books

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• jammed
• crammed
• loaded
• full
• crowded
• brimming
• chock-full
• brimful
• overstuffed
• fat
• chockablock
• jam-packed
• overfilled
• overloaded
• overflowing
• overcrowded
• overladen
• overfull
• replete
• rife
• teeming
• fraught
• swarming
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• vacant
• bare
• void
• short
• inadequate
• incomplete
• insufficient
• wanting
• stark
• deficient
• shy
• drained
• depleted
• shortish
• exhausted

2

as in full

having one's appetite completely satisfied

we were still stuffed from our huge breakfast and didn't want lunch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• full
• sated
• satiated
• replete
• surfeited
• overstuffed
• gorged
• glutted
• overfed
• satiate
• overfull

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• hungry
• starving
• starved
• famished
• undernourished
• underfed

stuffed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of stuff

1

as in packed

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• plugged
• sealed
• blocked
• bunged
• dammed
• stopped
• jammed
• closed (off)
• occluded
• congested
• clogged
• choked
• obstructed
• clotted
• caulked
• repacked
• restuffed
• chinked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excavated
• scooped (out)
• shoveled
• hollowed (out)

2

as in gorged

to fill with food to capacity

kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gorged
• filled
• glutted
• crammed
• sated
• surfeited
• feasted
• gobbled
• regaled
• gulped
• guzzled
• cloyed
• pigged out
• banqueted
• gormandized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasted
• dieted

3

as in crammed

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

stuffed all the kids into the back of the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crammed
• squeezed
• loaded
• wedged
• jammed
• packed
• sandwiched
• rammed
• crowded
• filled
• crushed
• shoehorned
• heaped
• jam-packed

4

as in blocked

to prevent passage through by filling with something

I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocked
• obstructed
• filled
• jammed
• choked
• flooded
• congested
• occluded
• stopped (up)
• clogged
• packed
• clotted
• plugged (up)
• gummed (up)
• dammed
• corked
• bunged
• stoppered
• overwhelmed
• furred
• gridlocked
• inundated
• spiled
• silted
• glutted
• stoppled
• swamped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened (up)
• freed
• cleared
• unplugged
• excavated
• scooped (out)
• emptied
• hollowed (out)
• unblocked
• unstopped
• unclogged
• lightened

5

as in loaded

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• loaded
• crammed
• jammed
• brimmed
• heaped
• refilled
• charged
• flooded
• jam-packed
• shoved
• drenched
• glutted
• swamped
• squashed
• bloated
• squeezed
• rammed
• crowded
• bulked
• replenished
• repacked
• matted
• reloaded
• saturated
• penetrated
• refreshed
• crushed
• pressed
• overflowed
• overcharged
• honeycombed
• overfilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptied
• cleared
• vacated
• evacuated
• eliminated
• drained
• exhausted
• depleted
• drew (off)
• cleaned
• voided
• swept
• lightened
• flushed
• bled
• purged
• scoured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stuffed

Adjective

For those who aren’t fans of thin crust pizza, Mama Cozzi also makes stuffed and rising crust versions, a deli take-and-bake pie, and a French bread pizza. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 July 2026

Some Vespas featured flowers and stuffed animals. — David Biller, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026

Once the children returned from check-in, the organizers greeted them with Danimals drinkable yogurts, their new backpacks and stuffed animals. — Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Inside, Sophie loves to play with her baby dolls and stuffed animals. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026

Hearty options at The Farmhouse Cafe like stuffed hashbrowns are adventure fuel. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026

The elaborate staging kept with the song’s energy, with the group bursting out of a giant pink teddy bear outfitted with speakers for paws, interrupting a tea party scene populated by extras with pinkies raised, before launching into the track amid a cascade of colour and floating stuffed animals. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Barbies, stuffed animals, cowgirl hats, and handwritten notes now surround the original cross placed at the site after her death. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 20 May 2026

The LoveShackFancy x Pottery Barn Teen Easter basket collab is customized with Colette's name and full of stuffed animals, books, and even a tiny pair of Christian Louboutin shoes. — Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026

Verb

In 2022, boaters discovered a still-unidentified body stuffed inside a barrel in the Hemenway Harbor area of the lake. — James Powel, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Savory pastries include bacon-egg croissants, spanakopita turnovers and vols-au-vent, which are like birds’ nests of puff pastry stuffed with hearty fillings. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

This dessert is a homemade waffle cone stuffed with cookie butter cheesecake (instead of ice cream) and drizzled with cookie butter and pecan praline. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026

The film follows a group of struggling East London rappers who, desperate to outdo another rising star, steal a boat for a music video only to discover it’s stuffed with cash, landing them between rival crime cartels. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

There were Sonic and Captain D’s cups on the floorboards, and fast-food bags stuffed behind the seats. — Kevin Griffin, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

On October 1, Netflix will premiere Kazan’s sweeping adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, an eminently readable doorstop stuffed with a variety of weighty themes. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026

The sisters stuffed envelopes with flyers marketing tours, and traveled with their parents on scouting trips. — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

No, it’s being dragged by two large straps and rolling along on a quintet of wheels, stuffed with dirty laundry or maybe this week’s groceries. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing stuffed

• stuffed shirt